EDC 102H F09 Context Reports

Community Data for the 02879 Zip Code

School District:
Group members: Jay Fogleman

I. Community Data Collection

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Factfinder Table from US Census Bureau:

General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	18,699			brief
Male	8,923	47.7	49.1%	brief
Female	9,776	52.3	50.9%	brief
Median Age	39.5	(X)	35.3	brief
Under 5 years	1,162	6.2	6.8%
18 years and over	13,896	74.3	74.3%
65 years and over	2,687	14.4	12.4%	brief
Race and Ethnicity
One Race	18,377	98.3	97.6%
White	17,462	93.4	75.1%	brief
Black or African American	211	1.1	12.3%	brief
American Indian and Alaska Native	325	1.7	0.9%	brief
Asian	320	1.7	3.6%	brief
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0	0.1%	brief
Some other race	58	0.3	5.5%
Two or more races	322	1.7	2.4%	brief
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	189	1.0	12.5%	brief
Household population	18,521	99.0	97.2%	brief
Group quarters population	178	1.0	2.8%
Average household size	2.50	(X)	2.59	brief
Average family size	3.04	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	9,458
Occupied housing units	7,419	78.4	91.0%	brief
Owner-occupied housing units	5,527	74.5	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	1,892	25.5	33.8%	brief
Vacant housing units	2,039	21.6	9.0%

Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	10,029	68.9	63.9%	brief
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and older)	25.0	(X)	25.5	brief
Median household income in 1999 (dollars)	54,410	(X)	41,994
Median family income in 1999 (dollars)	66,700	(X)	50,046
Per capita income in 1999 (dollars)	27,151	(X)	21,587
Families below poverty level	158	3.1	9.2%	brief
Individuals below poverty level	985	5.3	12.4%

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C. Census-Based Indicators

1. Rhode Island Kids Count website
2. Go to Rhode Island Kids Count website at http://www.rikidscount.org/matriarch/default.asp
3. On the left blue bar, select Data
4. Under Rhode Island Kids Count Data by City/Town, click on Fact Sheets
5. Select your community
6. Use other sections to collect additional data as needed

	Name YOUR community	Rhode Island
Child population
Children in single-parent families
Children living in families below the federal poverty threshold
Teens not in school and not working
Households with grandparents financially responsible for grandchildren
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D. Economic Well-Being Indicators

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Food Stamp Program participation
School Breakfast Program participation
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E. Health Indicators

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F. Safety Indicators

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G. Education Indicators

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Get additional data by accessing “Family and Community”, “Factbook Indicators”, “Create Custom
Data Reports Using Factbook Data”, or “Factbook Indicators” on the right side of the page.

Family and Community

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H. Geographical Location

Use Google Maps or other resources to describe the zip code region, including its boundaries, typography, level of development, etc.

II. Narrative Description of Community

Use the data you collected above to develop a series of paragraphs that describe your community (zip code) and draw comparisons with the rest of the state and / or district. Here is an example of how to do this.